What a great word twerp is

Was an absolute banker, as much as I hate that word

Think its well known on here I've tried to big this boy up relentlessly based on the performances I saw from him in the England u19. Its an absolute joy to see him brimming with confidence and hopefully, eventually winning a few people round. Well done Ben.

Danny Ings any time is your value bet there chap

Derby, rather like ourselves are weak at left back. Nyambe and Dolan could have an absolute field day down that side tomorrow and must be allowed to both start. Another clean sheet would be nice but I'm going Derby 1 Rovers 3.

Bell is bobbins, Williams at left back is worse I'm afraid. He's decent enough at centre half mind.

If Nyambe has a desire to leave because he was given a rest vs Wycombe to preserve him for what should be a lot tougher test next week, he can bloody leave! He seems to be over the whole must play Bennett issue thankfully (I think).

Nyambe has hamstrings made of play-doh, like many players who have a bit of pace, giving him a day off yesterday turned out very well for us. Don't get me wrong, I was baffled and annoyed when I saw the lineup if I'm honest, sometimes you just have to say yep, you got that one right Mowbray though.

Any semi decent reporter would have asked him to elaborate on the priority position. Lancs live is a real crock of shite

Just put him in a large bin bag with some bricks and I'll throw him in the canal at Eanam with a few lads if he's holding things up

The day The season diedddddd Bye bye mrs Mowbrays pie ??

I'm talking many years ago, like 95, it most certainly a good time!

There are no sources anymore in this circus. I used to get regular info and its long gone. Anything now is half arsed guess work.

Whats that supposed to mean?

People like posting carrot danglers as you did, don't be surprised if you get some stick if it goes tits up, simple.

Do you ever post your slips?

Maybe

It does, but they aren't in the pitch with them, you can see time and time again how pissed off he is because someone has defended like a schoolboy. If you think things can't change with better players in place then so be it.

Of course it holds water. Every single goal we concede isn't a direct result of being 'left open at the back'. Of course it can leave you exposed if you aren't organised, but there's been far, far more issues than just that. We haven't even got an organised back line a lot of the time, the defending on set pieces is suspect. Of course he's partly to blame for this, he picks the players and signs new ones (or doesn't in recent seasons). The key to the defence improving like so many things in life, is at least 'fixing the basics'. Hopefully with better personnel in place that will happen but the jury is sat firmly in the waiting room for now ready to cast their verdict. Last roll of the dice for me for Tony, he's had longer than a lot of managers would have been given to sort the defence, in the interest of early season optimism I'm hoping he can nail it this time.

I agree its taken longer than it should (and we still don't know he's got it right yet).

Over 2.5 goals and BTTS is the go to bet usually for us, might be a bit early in the season though.

And if he did, people would moan we're boring. Even with limited ability, the right personnel on the pitch can organise a decent backline. Which for me is the biggest issue. Mowbray can only do so much from the sidelines, you need a keeper who can bark orders and a vocal centre half with experience who can read a game well. Hopefully we've just signed those 2 players but time will tell.

Yeah Mcbride with the debut goal ?

Very confident tomorrow. Historically a banana skin game we often struggle with, however I feel having no fans there could actually help us without the constant moans and groans if we haven't scored a hat full by half time. I fancy Dolan to have a field day along with Armstrong. 4-1 rovers with Dolan, Armo x2 and a rare Nyambe goal for us.

Can only go off what I've seen, but so far JRC's versatility makes him a ten times better Benno replacement, I'd much rather have him as Tony's go to guy to plug a gap.